The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-09
CRYSTAL FALLS SATURDAY, April 1887

are no Indications Of retrograde move
ment Ii looks now also, as II the mass
es would share better in the material adj
vancement OF the future.
The Alpha mine, located about one
hall Of mile west OF the Mastodon mine,
will be at once unwatered and probably
placed on the active list. A. l.. Foster.
representing eastern parties, IL figuring
for tha purchase OF the property. The fee
consists OF 100 acres and the ore body
has been traced for "A length OF over 200
feet. Among those interested in the
Alpha are, +. ii. Van Cleye, OF Escanaba,
Mich, j. A. Van Cleve, ofMarinette, Wis,
and j. b. Schwartz, of this place, whe ~
also superintendent Mr.. Schwartz re-
cieved orders to pump out this mine and
went to the propety ON Wednesday for
that purpose
A paper printed in a Northern Wiscon-
sin town iacetiously says: "The mining
excitement ON the 81. Croix range has set
every one in Knapp, Wilson and Hersey
20 digging for hidden teasurers. Thus
far they have found gold, silver, umber
and iron, and now one man mt Hersey has
opened a flowing well OF boiling linseed
oil. Another claims to have found bed
OF pure putty, and is now prospecting on
an adjoining forty to find "a deposit of
bladders to pack IL in.
The old Northwestern iron mine at
Metropolitan. in the Felch mountainir iron
district, has been bought by Mayor John
X. Stack, Of Escanaba, Henry NJ Atkin-
son, Of Metropolitan and Chicago par
ties. The company will be reorganized
on new basis and given n new name.
Work OF unwatering the mine was begun
on Monday and ore shipping viii begin
on May /. Tie Metropolitan mine will
ship 10000 TO $4,000 tons Of ore this
year.
Frank Scadden has secured an option
ON the Home property, east oil the Kim
ball mine, from William James, ct al and
will develop il to a finish MIR. Scadden
il thoroughly conversant with exploring
in all its phases, having superintcnded
much work Of that nature. The indica-
ton Of a fine body oi ore there are the
very brightest and Mr.. Scadden is TO be
congratulated.
In sinking a shaft at the Caledonia
mine ON the Michigamme river, east ol
here, an eight foot vein of silver-bearinl
quartz has been encountered. AS yet
but little is known OF the find. Samples
of ore is now in the hands OF an assayer
and soon we shall know whether or not
il is a big thing. The general belief Il
that il is.
Work at the Kimball mine goes on IA
vorably, the main shaft has attained q
depth OF ninety feet in clean ore and will
be lowered at least sixty feet more before
navigation opens.
Carpenters are busily engaged on the
work Of erecting boarding house, engine
and boiler room and other mine build
ings Mt the Dunn property.
Work has again been resumed ut tn,
Blaney mine, after laying idle for two
weeks, by reason OF the destruction o
the engine house by fire.
The new plant Of machinery Tor the
Kimball mine j. expected daily and vii
be placed in position Immediately ON its
arrival
The erection 81 an engine house has
been commenced at the Mastodon mine
preparatory to putting in "A new hoistinl
plant
Milwaukee parties are making prepar
ations TO work many options in this dis
trict.